History

Established in 2004, the Australian Talented Youth Project (ATY Project) was conceived as a multi-arts mentoring program for young Australians in the areas of music, dance, visual arts, creative writing, film production, and drama. It was aimed at fostering young people's cultural leadership, while developing their artistic potential.

 

This unique program was the first national, residential mentoring program for young, emerging artists in Australia, and brought together all major creative and performing arts within a collaborative model. The students aged 16-25 years were selected by on the basis of their development potential, existing skills, social and/or geographical dislocation, and leadership capacity. We especially encouraged those from remote and rural areas of Australia, who may not readily be able to access high level tutorship.

 

These young artists were matched with leading figures in their field of the arts to undergo an intensive week-long residential mentoring program at the Australian National University.

The program culminated with a multi-artistic stage performance prepared by the participants, having exchanged their creative ideas across the various areas of the arts. The Australian Talented Youth Project continues to keep in touch with many of the 51 alumni. Past events: ATYP 2007 ATYP 2008 ATYP 2010 National Arts Summit 2013, ATYP Mentoring, February 2016